For Anyone interested in waitlist stats from last year:
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list: 1011
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 675
Wait list is ranked.
I haven’t seen anything for kinesiology yet so they can’t be done with all majors
Silly question guys but to all those people that are waitlisted-did you all choose an alternative major?
My son got an email mail yesterday from Cal poly pomona and it asked him to send final transcripts with grad date. And today Portal was updated with to do list. Still pending decision but is this a good thing?
@Motokid123: Wrong Cal Poly Thread
@dogrunner1 yes, original is CE. Alternate is EE
@santafriedrice I haven’t heard anything either, waitlist nor acceptance
@Gumbymom when do they notify people if they’ve made it off the waitlist?
@wa1138: Most applicants have to wait until after May 1, the official SIR date. If accepted applicants decline before then and there are spots available, they will start accepting waitlisted applicants.
If you do not hear by May 1, you need to accept another school. Also, if you need housing, it is always better to accept ASAP to get a high priority on housing so if SLO is not your top choice, you should consider another school until you hear either way.
@Gumbymom Can you shed some light on the wait list process? Thank you! :)>-
Are you sure that it’s 1011 because that doesn’t seem like alot of people were wait listed compared the previous years
@BadgeBunny, this is from the SLO website regarding Waitlisted applicants. Until you hear one way or another, I suggest you seriously consider other schools that have accepted you. You need to SIR to another school by May 1 if you have not heard from SLO.
As applicants decline admission, then spots will be available. Since SLO ranks, it will be the highest ranked waitlisted applicant that will be offered admission.
Wait List
Cal Poly also utilizes a Wait List process for outstanding freshman and transfer applicants who are not selected through the regular selection process. Those offered Wait List status are notified they will be considered for admission again should additional openings occur in their declared major. Freshman candidates on Wait List will be notified of the final decision regarding their Wait List status by May 15th, while transfer candidates will be notified by July 15th.
@Gumbymom Thank you so much! I appreciate it! 
Wait so if you accept another school, you can still accept cal poly if you get off the waitlist?
@wa1138: Yes you can accept another school and if you are taken off the SLO waitlist, you can then decline the original schools offer, will probably lose any deposits and then accept SLO. The main thing you need to do is accept one school by May 1 regardless of where you stand on the waitlist or waitlists at other schools.
If my portal hasn’t been updated that mean I’ve been denied huh 
Waitlisted. OOS. Aerospace Engineering.
@Gumbymom so it doesn’t matter who replies to the email first, the waitlist is still ranked by your test scores/GPA?
@ogphotog: I am not admissions, but since it is ranked it will probably be ranked based on your MCA points.
No status change. In Cal Poly purgatory.